Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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Guest commentary: Obama's health reform makes improvements for all Americans
Detroit Free Press
BY JOHN DINGELL This week marks the anniversary of the enactment of health care reform that I have fought for my entire career. The Affordable Care Act, which I helped author, is the most consequential reform to our health care system in recent history ...
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China delays smoking ban to start May 1
AFP
SHANGHAI — China's delayed ban on smoking in all indoor public venues will start May 1, state media said Thursday, as the nation that is home to one in five of the world's smoking deaths tries to cut back. The start date was published by the health ...
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Drug slashes risk of diabetes
San Antonio Express
By Don Finley A daily pill given to people at high risk of developing diabetes slashed their odds of getting it by more than 70 percent, a national, San Antonio-led study has found. The drug, piaglitazone â€" sold as Actos â€" demonstrated the most ...
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2011 Legislature: New bill puts Montana PSC in charge of medical marijuana system
The Missoulian
HELENA - A newly written medical marijuana bill introduced in the Senate on Wednesday would make the Montana Public Service Commission, the agency that regulates utilities and transportation, the new state licensing authority for medical pot. ...
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Could Menthol Cigarettes Be Banned?
WBKO
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has said removing menthol cigarettes from the market would be beneficial. Unlike regular cigarettes, they say the minty flavor in menthols leads to an increase in smokers and makes it harder to quit. ...
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Women Regret Lost Loves More Than Men, Study Finds
Fox News
By Edmund DeMarche Frank Sinatra famously belted, "Regrets, I had a few ... too few to mention" -- but if they had to mention their greatest regret in life, women cited a lost love more than twice as often as men in a Northwestern University study. ...
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Men line up to go under knife
Boston Herald
By Tenley Woodman Blue-collar Bay State guys are on the cutting edge of a plastic surgery boom, according to docs who say lower costs and baby-boomer anxiety are fueling the male nip-and-tuck uptick. "It's not just very wealthy people," said ...
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A Genomic Blueprint for Cancer
MIT Technology Review
The largest cancer genome sequencing project yet highlights molecular pathways at the heart of an aggressive blood cancer. By Emily Singer By comparing the genome sequence of healthy and cancerous cells in 38 people diagnosed with multiple myeloma—an ...
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MIT Technology Review
Tenet settles lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina hospital deaths
Dallas Morning News
By JASON ROBERSON Tenet Healthcare Corp. agreed Tuesday to settle a class-action lawsuit over deaths at one of its New Orleans hospitals flooded by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The amount was not disclosed. "This has been a long and difficult situation ...
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Dallas Morning News
Regulators may crack down on PG&E Thursday
San Jose Mercury News
By Steve Johnson Lambasted in the past for going too easy on PG&E, state regulators have been talking tougher in recent weeks. Thursday, they will have their biggest opportunity since the catastrophic natural gas-line explosion in San Bruno to ...
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Oklahoma schools observe Kick Butts Day
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma students Wednesday — national Kick Butts Day — sent a message to elected officials to support measures to reduce tobacco use and to have tobacco companies stop marketing to young people. BY TRICIA PEMBERTON Leave a comment STILLWATER — Katy ...
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CDC Reports on Salmonella and E. coli Outbreaks
Food Safety News
by Mary Rothschild | Mar 24, 2011 Two major, mulitstate foodborne illness outbreaks -- Salmonella Panama infections linked to cantaloupes and E. coli O157:H7 infections associated with beef bologna -- are being investigated by the Centers for Disease ...
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